The second-generation Razer Phone is just as good at gaming, and better at being a phone.
Although flawed in execution, the original wasn't hopelessly bad. It was a good idea in need of further refinement. Razer had a silky 120Hz display, but daylight visibility was so poor that outdoor use was painful. It had a dual camera system, but with photo quality that'd be embarrassing on a phone half the price. Plus it was missing table-stakes features like water resistance, and shipped on an old version of Android. Although some of the above improved with software updates, the out-of-box experience was far from ideal.
And that's where the Razer Phone 2 aims to improve: Keeping what was great about the original (because for a first-effort smartphone they got a lot right), while addressing those major pain points.
The result of Razer's efforts might just be the best gaming smartphone of 2018.
Although flawed in execution, the original wasn't hopelessly bad. It was a good idea in need of further refinement. Razer had a silky 120Hz display, but daylight visibility was so poor that outdoor use was painful. It had a dual camera system, but with photo quality that'd be embarrassing on a phone half the price. Plus it was missing table-stakes features like water resistance, and shipped on an old version of Android. Although some of the above improved with software updates, the out-of-box experience was far from ideal.
And that's where the Razer Phone 2 aims to improve: Keeping what was great about the original (because for a first-effort smartphone they got a lot right), while addressing those major pain points.
The result of Razer's efforts might just be the best gaming smartphone of 2018.